Wentang

Chapter 296 Chess Pieces (615, Ask for Tickets)
Yue Shan is going to play a big game around Haiyan, a bigger game than he told others, and only Li Shimin understands some of it.

This is also the reason why Li Shimin agreed with him to bring Baiqisi out together, and gave him the power to kill first and then play below the fifth rank.

Without such power, his plan would be difficult to implement, and the interests of Haiyan would be seized by powerful families and salt merchants in a short time.

The poor get poorer, the rich get richer, an eternal truth.

Therefore, Yue Shan needs to use a massacre to deter those with ulterior motives, and at the same time create a blank area of ​​power through this massacre, so that he can implement his plan without any constraints.

He chose Dezhou. In addition to the reasons mentioned earlier, such as being close to the north and the mouth of the Yellow River, another reason is that it is too far to the north and is not valued by people. It is a place where the powerful family is weak.Relying on the big local tyrants in Texas, they are simply powerless to fight against him.

On the way, he was thinking about how to implement the first step of the plan. He couldn't just arrest and kill people indiscriminately as soon as he came, right?The unexpected appearance of Zhao Jingcheng gave him a breakthrough.

Ask Zhao Jingcheng to collect evidence of these big households' crimes for him.

If the Zhao family chooses to betray him and tell other people the news, it would be to scare the snake away.At that time, you only need to knock out the early ones one by one.

If the Zhao family is ruthless enough and really chooses to cooperate with him to fight against those powerful families, that would be the best.As a local big family, he is naturally clear about what those same kind of people are doing.

With the evidence they gave, Yue Shan can easily and legally clean up the local area as long as he follows the picture.

As for whether killing too many people will cause panic among the people... He from later generations is not worried at all.What are our rabbits best at?Hit the local tyrants and divide the land.

At that time, when the trial meeting is held, the land will be divided, and the slaves will become good citizens... I am afraid that the people of Dezhou will set up a shrine for him in Yueshan.

Not long after, Xu Shanying rushed over, "Putong" knelt down and pleaded guilty.

Yue Shan hurriedly helped him up and comforted him, Xu Shanying was indeed responsible for this matter.As a guard, no matter what the reason, he couldn't stay away from the person he wanted to protect, and he didn't do it.

If this matter was changed to protecting the emperor and empress, he had better choose to commit suicide, otherwise the whole family would be in bad luck.

But Yue Shan is not the Son of Heaven, so he cannot be blamed for this matter.People are not made of iron, they will always be tired.In the past few days, while he has to travel long distances, he has to keep an eye on Yue Shan all the time. It can be said that he is the most tired one in the whole team.

And this trip only brought him a defense, not even a replacement, it is very rare to be able to persist until now.

Seeing Yue Shan turned over to comfort him instead of blaming him, Xu Shanying was even more ashamed.Immediately said that if anyone wants to hurt Yue Shan in the future, he will step over him.

Afterwards, Yue Shan ate something briefly, asked the military doctor to help him change the medicine on his leg, and then set off again.

Because he had already entered the border of Dezhou and was only a hundred miles away from Bohai County, Yue Shan was not in a hurry, and the group of people just marched at a normal speed.

Two flowers bloomed, one for each branch, and Zhao Jingcheng dared to stop after walking a long way with the dog-legged door, and turned his head to look at the few small houses with lingering fear.

He didn't expect that his disguise of decades would be easily seen through, and he still didn't know where he showed his flaws.

Could it be... He couldn't help but think of the rumors about this Qingshuihou, a disciple of the gods, who can judge the fate of life.Did he figure it out?

Immediately, he shook his head and denied this guess. If he was really so powerful, he could just give advice in Chang'an, why would he come out to do things in person?And made myself dizzy.

He must have accidentally exposed his feet.

But... I don't know if this Qing Shuihou is a child of a fairy, but he is indeed a monster, he can play with himself in the palm of his hand at the age of 12.

The point is that the extreme mode of human life is creepy, and killing people in his mouth is as simple as killing chickens.

Although the last knife did not cut on his own hand, he had a premonition that if he refused to give in, he should be cold by now.

"Erlang, who are those people?" At this moment, one of his followers asked tremblingly.

"Don't ask so many questions, remember, don't tell anyone what happened today when you go back... In this way, you go to the courtyard in the countryside for a few days to avoid the limelight." Zhao Jingcheng said impatiently.

He is pretending, these four dog legs are not fake, they are real dog legs.I guess I'm scared out of my wits by now.

"Ah, don't they want to let us go?" a dog leg said in despair.

"Those big people are moody, who knows if they will suddenly change their minds. Hide first, even if he repents, it will be useless if he can't find us. After a while, he will forget about it and we will come out." Zhao Jingcheng cajoled.

No matter what choice the Zhao family makes, today's events cannot be spread.He is too familiar with these people, asking them to keep a secret is like telling Taotie not to eat, it is impossible.

The best way is to let them disappear for a period of time. He dare not kill them, so he can only temporarily hide them in a secret place.

With the courage of these people, they will be obedient without being forced to scare them a little.

Sure enough, they were persuaded after just saying a few casual words.

Then he took the four of them back to Zhaojiazhuang.He didn't care about rest at all, and asked the manager to take good care of the four of them, so he hurried to see his father Zhao Xiong and brother Zhao Jingze to report the matter.

It happened that both of them were at home, which saved a lot of trouble.

After the three of them locked themselves in the study room and prohibited anyone from approaching, Zhao Jingcheng stated everything that happened today.

After listening, the father and son were silent for a long time.

"That Qing Shui Hou really said that?" After a while, Zhao Jingze asked in disbelief.

"Yes." Zhao Jingcheng replied.

"Did you promise to give us any benefits afterwards?" Zhao Jingze asked.

"No." Only then did Zhao Jingcheng realize that he forgot to ask for benefits when he was too nervous, which was a shame.

"Confused." Zhao Xiong patted the table and said: "Selling out the township party, this kind of thing is absolutely unacceptable, what's the benefit?"

"Aye disagrees with cooperating with Qing Shuihou?" Zhao Jingze asked cautiously.

"You absolutely cannot cooperate with someone surnamed Yue, otherwise how will my Zhao family gain a foothold in Dezhou." Zhao Xiong said in a tone of mastery:
"Don't look at the tone of the surname Yue, he dare not kill so many people. The saint will not allow it, and the princes in the court will not allow it. At most, he will kill a few insignificant Li Liwei."

"Then what should we do, tell everyone the news?" Zhao Jingze asked.

"No." Zhao Xiong said hastily: "Doing this will offend him to death. And we don't have any evidence, and those people won't believe it. When the time comes, the one surnamed Yue who slanders the imperial court ordered officials to plot wrongdoing will be able to kill us." Cleaned up."

"We pretended we didn't know anything, and Ah Cheng had never been to the station, nor had he seen any Qingshuihou." Zhao Xiong said.

Zhao Jingcheng seemed to want to say something, but Zhao Jingze stood up first and said sincerely, "Aye is wise."

At the same time, he gave Zhao Jingcheng a wink, telling him not to say anything.Zhao Jingcheng was full of doubts, but out of trust in his elder brother, he swallowed his words.

The father and son talked a few more words before the two brothers left the study together.

After they came out, the two brothers came to Zhao Jingze's other courtyard together with a tacit understanding.

"Brother, why didn't you let me tell?" Zhao Jingcheng asked impatiently.

"What are you talking about, cooperating with Qingshuihou? Do you think Aye will listen to you?" Zhao Jingze asked back.

"But... then we have to give it a try. If we don't follow what he said, I'm afraid he will be the first to attack us." Zhao Jingcheng said anxiously.

"We have seen him with our own eyes. We don't know what kind of person he is, so it's hard to judge his behavior style. Do you think he really dares to kill?" Zhao Jingze asked.

dare?The smile on the young man's face appeared in his mind all the time, Zhao Jingcheng couldn't help but shuddered, and said: "Dare. I think even if the governor is against him, he would dare to kill the governor."

Zhao Jingze's eyes lit up, and he said, "That's good, that's good."

"Brother, you..." Zhao Jingcheng said hesitantly.

"We cooperate with Qingshuihou." Zhao Jingze said decisively.

"Ah? But didn't Aye say nothing just now?" Even though Zhao Jingcheng had already noticed something in advance, he couldn't help but be surprised when he really heard his brother make this decision.

"Aye is old and can't see the situation clearly. We can't let the Zhao family be destroyed by him." Zhao Jingze said.

"But what if father finds out?" Zhao Jingcheng said in a panic.

"Let's quietly collect the evidence first, and deliver it to Qing Shui Hou at the stipulated time. By then, it will be too late even if father knows." Zhao Jingze said:

"And... Ah Cheng, you have sacrificed too much for this family. I won't let you continue like this." I want everyone to know that Zhao Jingcheng, the second son of the Zhao family, is a good man. "

(End of this chapter)